Armenian Genocide - the First of the 20th Century

The Armenian Genocide

THE FIRST OF THE 20TH CENTURY....

FROM 1915-1918 1,500,000

The Armenian genocide was the first of the 20th century (www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/). It began on April 24, 1995. This genocide was carried out by the Young Turk government of the Ottoman Empire who attempted to eradicate the empire's Armenian population(Piero scaruffi). Some 1.5 million Armenians were killed, 500,000 were moved from homes and properties they had occupied for a long time, and were deported. The Turkish government today denies that there was an Armenian genocide and claims that Armenians were only removed from the eastern war zone (/armenian/facts/genocide.html). The Armenian Genocide, however, occurred all over Anatolia [present-day Turkey], and not just in the so-called war zone(/armenian/facts/genocide.html). Deportations and killings occurred in the west, in and around Ismid (Izmit) and Broussa (Bursa); in the center, in and around Angora (Ankara); in the south-west, in and around Konia (Konya) and Adana, in the central portion of Anatolia, in and around Diyarbekir (Diyarbakir), Harpout (Harput), Marash, Sivas (Sepastia), and Ourfa (Urfa); and on the Black Sea coast, in and around Trebizond (Trabzon), all of which are not part of a war zone (www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/). Only Erzeroum, Bitlis, and Van in the east were in the war zone(www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/). Despite Turkish denial, there is no doubt about the Armenian Genocide. Only one Turkish government has ever recognized the Armenian genocide(Pierre Tristam).. In fact, that Turkish government held war crimes trials and condemned to death the major leaders responsible. The Turkish court concluded that the leaders of the Young Turk government were guilty of murder (Pierre Tristam).

My opinion on these genocides is that they should stop. They shouldn't do anymore, if they are. I mean why kill a lot of people just because they don't like their race, color, religion or their nationality. They're not harming them or doing anything to harm them. And if they were its not up to one to punish them. That's what the police is for. Leave it to them. They'll take care of it in a more civilized way than you were.

Works cited

* Fact sheet: Armenian genocide. University of Michigan-Dearborn. 3 march 2011

http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/armenian/facts/genocide.html

* Piero scaruffi. 1900-2000: